Rural people say that when building a house, "it is better to have a small house than to have a field in front of the door." Why?

Whether in rural areas or cities, people have very high requirements for the living environment.

In cities, developers usually build buildings, and consumers only need to pay to buy them. However, it is different in rural areas. When building a house in rural areas, the owner usually hires someone to build it, from the inside to the outside. Do it on your own terms.

In this way, we rural people must know many things about building houses.

Farmers attach great importance to the principles of "facing north and south, warm in winter and cool in summer" when building houses, and "houses facing south and people facing the sun", but these are not enough.

It is not easy for farmers to make money, and it is not easy to build a house in rural areas. Don’t regret it after finishing the house because of your carelessness.

The ancients often said: "It is better to have small fields in front of the house than to have fields in front of the house." This sentence has been passed down to this day and is quite trusted by rural people. So what does this sentence mean? Is it still reliable in modern society? Let’s take a look together!

"明堂"

To understand the saying "It is better to have a small field in front of the house than to have a field in front of the house", you must first understand what "Ming Tang" is.

Generally, in the northern hemisphere, according to the climate characteristics of climate changes throughout the year, it is best to build a house in the north-south direction, with the south facing the sun, so that we can get more sunshine at home. Sunlight.

Another very important point to consider in house construction is the "bright hall" of the house. The so-called "bright hall" is mainly in front of the door of the house. In layman's terms, it is the location of the door of our own home.

The Mingtang is generally a very open and bright place with sufficient sunlight, so now when farmers build houses, they will also leave a large Mingtang space in front of the door, which looks spacious and bright.

"It is better to have a small space in front of the house than to have a field in front of the house."

The so-called "appearance" is actually a name for the bright hall in some areas. It is understood that the bright hall needs to be spacious and bright. , let’s look at this saying again.

The experience of the older generation holds that when building a house, there must be a bright hall in front of the house. If there is really not that big a place, it doesn’t matter if the bright hall is smaller, but it must be there.

Because the bright hall in front of the house plays a very important role. It is a place for everyone to relax and enjoy the shade in their spare time, and it is also a place for farmers to dry their grain during busy farming periods.

It is not difficult to see from this saying that the bright hall can be smaller, but if it is "there is someone's field in front of the house", that is, there is other people's fields or paddy fields, it is absolutely unacceptable. What is this? Why? To sum up, there are 4 reasons below, let’s take a look together!

Safety issues

If the door is our own place, then naturally we have the final say, but if it is someone else’s place, the right to speak is not in our hands Well, it is natural for others to have the final say on the disposal of the fields.

The first thing to pay attention to is safety. If someone else plants some inappropriate trees on their own land, or trees that are not suitable for planting in front of and behind the house, such as locust trees, poplar trees, willow trees, etc. , even if the owner of the house is unhappy, he can only endure it.

Take poplar and willow trees as examples. Willow velvet and willow velvet will float in the season, which is very harmful to health.

And as the trees grow larger, they will pose a huge safety risk when a typhoon or some natural disaster occurs.

Affects mood

Farmers often say that "a flower in a crop depends entirely on fertilizer." This shows the importance of fertilizer in farming.

If there is someone else’s field in front of your door, then during the spring plowing season, the crops need nutritional supplements and must be fertilized.

Everyone knows that the smell of these fertilizers is very pungent. If the place where you live is surrounded by this smell, will you feel good? What's more, many people in rural areas still use animal manure fertilizer, not to mention the smell! Who can stand the pungent smell that can be smelled from a long distance, if manure fertilizer is applied to the field in front of the door?

Health issues

Another very important step in farming is insecticide. The pesticides used in insecticide are basically toxic, and many people have been affected by this.

In the process of spraying pesticides, even if you are very careful, there is no guarantee that they will not be blown to other places by the wind.

If farmland is right at your doorstep, your family will inevitably be affected, especially families with the elderly, pregnant women and children, who are more susceptible to poisoning.

Conflicts easily occur

Living in the countryside is not like living in the city. Everything is clearly divided. The most important thing about living in the countryside is the relationship between neighbors.

To put it bluntly, the field in front of our door is also our "neighbor", and we need to have a good relationship with the owner of the field.

For example, if you are not careful, your chickens, ducks, livestock, or watchdogs may run into other people's fields and ruin crops. Naturally, the owner of the farmland will not be happy, so we have to pay the bill. compensation.

What's more, the other party may directly beat the "culprit" to death, and as the master, we are not happy either.

In order to avoid such contradictions, the situation of "there is a field in front of the house" was directly avoided when the house was first built.

After reading the above introduction, I believe everyone will understand why it is said that "it is better to have a small house than to have a field in front of the door." The ancients really had good intentions when they left these words.

Some people also say that with the advancement of the times, these common sayings have lost their effectiveness, but no matter what, in order to live a comfortable life, try to avoid such situations! what you think?